Paul McCartney Quotes

Follow your own star!

I ain't going at nobody else pace.

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

I wasn't handed college or graduate school or anything else on a silver platter. I had to work very hard, but I did it because I wanted to. That's the real key to happiness. I think unhappy people are those who feel that circumstances are forcing them into a pattern. Happy people are not slaves to the system.

I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path.

Adapt to yourself, bro. What I wanna say is don't let nobody tell you that you should stay in your lane, bro.

I will always make my own path.

Make it on your own if you think you can.If you see somewhere to go, I understand.

If I fail, at least I will have failed my way.

Study hard. Work hard. Play harder. Don't be bound by rules, don't hurt anybody and never ever live somebody else's dream.

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.

When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

I'm my own person, and am trying to carve out a career on my own.

I'm not driven by being understood.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.

In a very slow way, I found my path. Even now, I think, 'If I can't do it my way, I'd rather not do it.'

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.